Garden City vs Raymore

A side-by-side comparison of Garden City and Raymore: population, income, housing, and more.

Garden City and Raymore are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Raymore has the higher population (23,849 vs 1,539 in Garden City). Raymore has the higher median household income ($103,158 vs $63,625 in Garden City). Raymore has the higher median home value ($318,000 vs $165,200 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Raymore
Population	1,539	23,849
Median age	36.3 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,625	$103,158
Median home value	$165,200	$318,000
Median gross rent	$863	$1,283
Housing units	691	9,181
Homeownership rate	65.8%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Raymore
Population	1,345 → 1,539 (+14.4%)	21,196 → 23,849 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$52,333 → $63,625 (+21.6%)	$84,697 → $103,158 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$102,300 → $165,200 (+61.5%)	$202,100 → $318,000 (+57.3%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $863 (+19.0%)	$1,156 → $1,283 (+11.0%)

Garden City

Population

1,3451,539

Median household income

$52,333$63,625

Median home value

$102,300$165,200

Median gross rent

$725$863

Raymore

Population

21,19623,849

Median household income

$84,697$103,158

Median home value

$202,100$318,000

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,283

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Raymore
Under 5	4.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	25.1%	20.5%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.5%
75 and over	9.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Raymore
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.5%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Raymore
No high school diploma	8.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	53.1%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Raymore
Drove alone	83.9%	78.0%
Carpooled	12.6%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.5%	14.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Raymore
1-unit, detached	79.9%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.9%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Raymore
Poverty rate	3.5%	5.5%
Average household size	2.61	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1982	2002